Dissertation finished

About Steel Guitarists and their Music

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Richard Nelson
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Post by Richard Nelson »

A word on the tab. There is no C6 tab set up for Sibelius on pedal steel despite my phone call to them. The E9 works well but the only way to input C6 tab is to use the Hawaiian guitar tab. I ended up writing it in manually most of the time, which was painstakingly slow. The 1st solo (Cherokee) took me a full month to complete due to the fact that I was using Sibelius for the 1st time. If enough of us contacted them about the C6 tab they might do something about it.
I'd also like to publically thank Daniel Jones from the University of Colorado for his guidance in this work. I really would have struggled without him.
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Post by Jeff Spencer »

Well done Richard. Can I get a copy?
Ta mate
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There’s a Dropbox link back a bit Jeff, just click on it and download it.
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Post by Lucky Oceans »

Congratulations, Richard!

I'd also like to read it.

best,

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Post by Jim Robbins »

Congratulations, Richard. It's an interesting question.
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Post by Alan Bidmade »

I wish I played C6 Richard! However, even as a fumbling E9 player, it is clear this is a work of great scholarship and the development of PSG is really well portrayed. I know you are an excellent steel guitarist. Your technical understanding and analysis of solos is exceptional and I doff my cap to you.
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Post by Gibson Hartwell »

Congrats, Richard. I'd love to read your dissertation.
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Post by Mark Robinson »

Nice work, Richard.
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Post by Stefan Robertson »

Excellent work. I'm keen to compare Cherokee with my transcription.

Really excited as you are one of the few to actually use Musical Notation . YESSSSSS!!!!! so I can transcribe easily. :D :D :D :D

Thankyou
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